Papal States

The Papal States, officially the State of the Church, were a conglomeration of territories on the Italian peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope from 756 to 1870. They were among the major states of Italy from the 8th century until the unification of Italy, which took place between 1859 and 1870, culminating in their demise.

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754 — 1870  Wikimedia, Wikidata

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1870-09-20T00:00:00Z

754 — 1870 Papal States

1870-09-20T00:00:00Z

1870-09-20T00:00:00Z

Capture of Rome

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Frameless

Ciociaria vaticano

Angiolini lith. - Bologna, combattimento alla Montagnola, 8 Agosto 1848 - ca. 1850

Briganti romani papalini Pinelli6

Anzio - Truppe pontificie alla villa di Papa Pio IX

Il brigante tradito horace vernet 1830 ciociaria

Ceppo di confine tra lo Stato Pontificio e il Regno di Napoli

Leopold Joubert

1 baiocco, 1840

100 Scudi pontifici, banconota

1 baiocco, 1851

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1189	Siege of Acre	siege, Holy Roman Empire, Knights Templar, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Kingdom of England, Republic of Genoa, Papal States, Kingdom of France, Order of Saint Lazarus, Knights Hospitaller, Kingdom of Sicily, Armenian Principality of Cilicia, Kingdom of Denmark, Ayyubid Sultanate, Republic of Pisa	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1218	Siege of Damietta	Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Knights Templar, Teutonic Order, Kingdom of France, Papal States, Latin Empire, Knights Hospitaller, Kingdom of Cyprus, Kingdom of England, siege, Ayyubid Sultanate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1420	Mediterranean campaign of Alfonso V of Aragon	Papal States, Republic of Genoa, Kingdom of Naples, Crown of Aragon, military campaign, Corsicans, County of Provence	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1472	Attack on Antalya	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Papal States, battle, Kingdom of Naples, Knights Hospitaller	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1479	Battle of Poggio Imperiale	Republic of Florence, Kingdom of France, Papal States, battle, Republic of Siena, Kingdom of Naples	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1479	Siege of Colle di Val d'Elsa	Kingdom of France, Republic of Florence, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, Republic of Siena, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1496	Siege of Atella	Republic of Venice, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Naples, Papal States, siege, Catholic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1497	Battle of Soriano	Papal States, battle, House of Orsini, Duchy of Urbino, House of Colonna	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1502	Battle of Calmazzo	battle, Papal States, Vitellozzo Vitelli	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1504	Action off Elba	Barbary pirates, naval battle, Papal States	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1509	Siege of Padua	Republic of Venice, Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, siege, Papal States	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1510	Siege of Mirandola	Republic of Venice, Kingdom of France, Papal States, Duchy of Urbino, Duchy of Ferrara, Duchy of Mirandola, Catholic Monarchy, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1512	Battle of Ravenna	Papal States, Kingdom of France, battle, Duchy of Ferrara, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1518	Battle of Piombino Channel	Papal States, Barbary pirates, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1522	Siege of Pavia	siege, Margravate of Mantua, Empire of Charles V, Republic of Venice, Kingdom of France, Duchy of Milan, Papal States	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1522	Battle of Bicocca	Republic of Venice, Kingdom of France, Duchy of Milan, Papal States, battle, Swiss mercenaries, Empire of Charles V	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1526	Battle of Camollia	Papal States, Republic of Florence, Republic of Siena, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1526	Battle of Governolo	Republic of Venice, Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, Papal States, Duchy of Ferrara, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1527	Sack of Rome, 1527	Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Alfonso d'Avalos, Duchy of Ferrara, Ferrante Gonzaga, Holy Roman Empire, Philibert of Chalon, Kaspar Röist, Georg von Frundsberg, Papal States, Pontifical Swiss Guard, siege, sack	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1535	Conquest of Tunis	Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Portugal, Kingdom of France, Republic of Genoa, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, Empire of Charles V, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1537	Battle of Antipaxos	Ottoman Empire, Papal States, Republic of Genoa, battle, Knights Hospitaller, Empire of Charles V	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1541	Algiers expedition	Ottoman Empire, Papal States, Republic of Genoa, battle, Knights Hospitaller, siege, Empire of Charles V, Kingdom of Kuku	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1552	Mediterranean campaign of 1552	Ottoman Empire, Papal States, Republic of Genoa, Hispanic Monarchy, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1560	Battle of Djerba	Ottoman Empire, Papal States, Republic of Genoa, naval battle, Duchy of Savoy, Knights Hospitaller, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1565	Siege of Malta	Regency of Algiers, Ottoman Empire, Republic of Genoa, battle, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, siege, Duchy of Savoy, Hispanic Monarchy, Duchy of Florence	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1571	Battle of Lepanto	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Papal States, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, Republic of Genoa, Knights Hospitaller, Duchy of Savoy, Hispanic Monarchy, Holy League, Regency of Algiers, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1593	Battle of Székesfehérvár	Holy Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, Papal States, battle, Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Croatia	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1619	Attack on Sousse	Grand Duchy of Tuscany, battle, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, Hispanic Monarchy, Vilayet of Tunis	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1624	Action of 3 October 1624	Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Papal States, naval battle, Hispanic Monarchy, Regency of Algiers	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1645	Siege of Chania	Ottoman Empire, Republic of Venice, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, Knights Hospitaller, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1646	Siege of Rethymno	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1648	Siege of Candia	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, Kingdom of France, Maniots, battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1657	Battle of the Dardanelles	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, naval battle, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1660	Siege of Chania	Ottoman Empire, Republic of Venice, Kingdom of France, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1684	Siege of Santa Maura	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1692	Siege of Chania	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1696	Battle of Andros (1696)	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1716	Siege of Corfu	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Portugal, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Republic of Genoa, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, siege, Kingdom of Spain	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1717	Battle of Matapan	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Portugal, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1718	Battle of Elafonisos	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Agro Romano campaign for the liberation of Rome	Second French Empire, Papal States, military campaign, Redshirts	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Battle of Montelibretti	Papal States, Redshirts, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Battle of Villa Glori	Papal States, battle, Redshirts	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Battle of Monterotondo	Papal States, Redshirts, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Battle of Mentana	Papal States, Second French Empire, battle, Redshirts	Wikidata
event	war	1039	Byzantine–Norman Wars	Republic of Venice, Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, Serbs, Lombards, Papal States, Kingdom of Sicily, series of wars, Italo-Normans	Wikidata
event	war	1147	Second Crusade	Denmark, Abbasid Caliphate, Byzantine Empire, Duchy of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empire, Knights Templar, Kingdom of Portugal, Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Flanders, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Republic of Genoa, Papal States, Fatimid Caliphate, Kingdom of Leon, Kingdom of England, Zengid dynasty, Knights Hospitaller, Kingdom of Sicily, Principality of Antioch, Duchy of Normandy, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Kingdom of Poland, March of Styria, Duchy of Bar, Order of Saint Lazarus, County of Savoy, Sultanate of Rum, religious war, Republic of Pisa, Duchy of Bohemia, March of Montferrat, Nizari Ismaili state	Wikidata
event	war	1228	War of the Keys	Lombard League, House of Hohenstaufen, war, Papal States	Wikidata
event	war	1240	Crusade against the Hohenstaufen	House of Hohenstaufen, Papal States, Kingdom of Germany, Kingdom of England, Capetian House of Anjou, series of wars, Lombard League	Wikidata
event	war	1245	Portuguese Civil War of 1245–1247	civil war, Kingdom of Portugal, Papal States, Crown of Castile	Wikidata
event	war	1283	Aragonese Crusade	war, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Naples, Republic of Genoa, Papal States, Kingdom of Navarre, Crown of Aragon, Kingdom of Majorca, Lordship of Albarracin	Wikidata
event	war	1297	Crusade against the Colonna family	Papal States, House of Colonna, religious war	Wikidata
event	war	1343	Smyrniote crusades	Republic of Venice, Dauphiné, Papal States, war, Kingdom of Cyprus, Knights Hospitaller, Beylik of Aydın	Wikidata
event	war	1356	Crusade against Francesco Ordelaffi	Papal States, religious war, Manfredi family, Great Company, Signoria of Milan, Kingdom of Hungary, Lordship of Forlì	Wikidata
event	war	1366	Hungarian–Ottoman War	war, Ottoman Empire, Republic of Venice, Papal States, Kingdom of Hungary, Second Bulgarian Empire, County of Savoy	Wikidata
event	war	1375	War of the Eight Saints	war, Republic of Florence, Papal States, Republic of Siena, Signoria of Milan	Wikidata
event	war	1423	War of L'Aquila	war, L'Aquila, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, Duchy of Milan, Braccio da Montone	Wikidata
event	war	1437	Hungarian–Ottoman War	Papal States, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Principality of Wallachia, Serbian Despotate, Kingdom of Hungary, war, Ottoman Empire, Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Wikidata
event	war	1463	First Ottoman–Venetian War	war, Ottoman Empire, Republic of Venice, Papal States, Skanderbeg, Principality of Zeta, Maniots	Wikidata
event	war	1478	Pazzi War	war, Republic of Florence, Kingdom of France, Republic of Venice, Papal States, Duchy of Milan, Kingdom of Naples, Republic of Lucca, Duchy of Urbino, Republic of Siena	Wikidata
event	war	1482	War of Ferrara	war, Republic of Venice, Kingdom of Naples, Papal States, Duchy of Ferrara, Margravate of Mantua	Wikidata
event	war	1508	War of the League of Cambrai	Holy Roman Empire, war, Republic of Venice, Republic of Florence, Duchy of Milan, Papal States, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Catholic Monarchy, Kingdom of Navarre, Old Swiss Confederacy, Duchy of Ferrara	Wikidata
event	war	1515	Spanish-Ottoman War	war, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of France, Republic of Florence, Papal States, Republic of Genoa, Knights Hospitaller, Duchy of Savoy, Hafsid dynasty, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	war	1521	Hungarian–Ottoman War	Papal States, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Croatia in personal union with Hungary, Lands of the Bohemian Crown, Serbian Despotate, Kingdom of Hungary, war, Ottoman Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Duchy of Bavaria	Wikidata
event	war	1521	Italian War of 1521–1526	war, Republic of Venice, Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, Papal States, Spanish Empire, Kingdom of England	Wikidata
event	war	1526	War of the League of Cognac	war, Republic of Venice, Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, Duchy of Milan, Republic of Florence, Papal States, Republic of Genoa, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Navarre, Duchy of Ferrara, Duchy of Mantua, Habsburg Spain, League of Cognac	Wikidata
event	war	1530	Little War in Hungary	Spain, war, Ottoman Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Suleiman the Magnificent, John Zápolya, Wallachia, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Papal States, Petru Rareș, Kingdom of Hungary, Serbian Despotate, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, Archduchy of Austria, Nikola Jurišić, Kingdom of Croatia, Principality of Moldavia	Wikidata
event	war	1537	Ottoman–Venetian War	war, Spain, Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of France, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, Republic of Genoa, Knights Hospitaller, Kingdom of Sicily	Wikidata
event	war	1551	War of Parma	war, Kingdom of France, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, Papal States, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	war	1570	Ottoman–Venetian War of 1570–1573	war, Ottoman Empire, Republic of Venice, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, Republic of Genoa, Knights Hospitaller, Kingdom of Sicily, Duchy of Savoy, Habsburg Spain, Duchy of Urbino, Holy League	Wikidata
event	war	1593	Long War	war, Spain, Holy Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Crimean Khanate, Papal States, Wallachia, Republic of Ragusa, Kingdom of Hungary, Principality of Transylvania, Duchy of Ferrara, Duchy of Mantua, Duchy of Savoy, Order of Saint Stephen, Kingdom of Croatia, Nogai Horde, Zaporozhian Cossacks, Uprising in Banat, Principality of Moldavia	Wikidata
event	war	1645	Cretan War of 1645-1669	war, Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of France, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, Maniots	Wikidata
event	war	1684	Morean War	war, Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Montenegrins, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, Duchy of Savoy, Order of Saint Stephen	Wikidata
event	war	1848	First Italian War of Independence	Austrian Empire, Papal States, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Kingdom of Sardinia, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, war of independence	Wikidata
commons	image		Ciociaria vaticano		Commons
commons	image		Angiolini lith. - Bologna, combattimento alla Montagnola, 8 Agosto 1848 - ca. 1850		Commons
commons	image		Briganti romani papalini Pinelli6		Commons
commons	image		Anzio - Truppe pontificie alla villa di Papa Pio IX		Commons
commons	image		Il brigante tradito horace vernet 1830 ciociaria		Commons
commons	image		Ceppo di confine tra lo Stato Pontificio e il Regno di Napoli		Commons
commons	image		Leopold Joubert		Commons
commons	image		1 baiocco, 1840		Commons
commons	image		100 Scudi pontifici, banconota		Commons
commons	image		1 baiocco, 1851		Commons